1. Vice-Admiral Sir Ian Lachlan Mackay McGeoch, KCB, DSO, DSC was a commissioned officer in the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom.
21 Facts About Ian McGeoch
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Ian McGeoch commanded the submarine HMS Splendid during the Second World War, and was later Flag Officer Submarines and Flag Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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Ian McGeoch volunteered to serve on submarines, and attended the course at HMS Dolphin in 1936.
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Ian McGeoch was serving with HMS Clyde when the Second World War broke out, returning to England in January 1940.
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Ian McGeoch passed and was returned to the 10th Submarine Flotilla on Malta as a "spare" commanding officer, to cover for illness or injury.
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Ian McGeoch passed again, and took command of the new S-class submarine P228, just launched at Chatham Dockyard on 13 January 1942.
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Lieutenant Ian McGeoch was awarded the DSO after his fourth patrol, and the DSC after his fifth.
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Three accurately-dropped patterns of depth charges forced Splendid to the surface, where Ian McGeoch ordered the crew to abandon ship and scuttled the vessel.
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Ian McGeoch suffered a wound to his right eye, and never recovered its sight.
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Ian McGeoch travelled across occupied south France in December 1943 to Spain.
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Ian McGeoch became Director of Undersurface Warfare in the Admiralty for two years, then studied at the Imperial Defence College in 1961.
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Ian McGeoch then served as Flag Officer Submarines from May 1965 to December 1967.
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Ian McGeoch was appointed CB in 1966 and advanced to KCB in 1969.
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Ian McGeoch studied social sciences at the University of Edinburgh from 1970, and received an MPhil in 1975 after the direction of historian Professor John Erickson, writing a thesis on the origins, procurement and effect of the Polaris programme.
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Ian McGeoch edited the Naval Review from 1972 to 1980.
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Ian McGeoch worked with other senior officers, including General Sir John Hackett, on The Third World War: The Untold Story.
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Ian McGeoch was a member of the Royal Company of Archers from 1969 to 2003.
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Ian McGeoch was a member of Royal Institute of Navigation, the Nautical Institute, the Honourable Company of Master Mariners, and the Royal Yacht Squadron.
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Ian McGeoch was a trustee of the Imperial War Museum.
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Ian McGeoch married Eleanor Somers Farrie in 1937, the daughter of the Anglican vicar of Sliema.
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Ian McGeoch died on 12 August 2007 and was survived by his wife and children.